ELCO Intermd Sch

Located at 100 Evergreen Drive, in Myerstown, Pennsylvania, ELCO Intermd Sch is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus that enrolls 505 students (grades 3 through 5), one of the schools within Eastern Lebanon County SD.

Eastern Lebanon County SD runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,310 students. ELCO Intermd Sch is one of those campuses.

On demographics, ELCO Intermd Sch shows that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Lebanon County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ELCO Intermd Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.9%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Lebanon County indicate median household income runs about $78,425, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lebanon County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,804 students), ELCO Intermd Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Eastern Lebanon Co MS, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ELCO Intermd Sch ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 47.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 12%: 571 students in 2018 compared to 505 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 91% to 85% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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